146 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

   CXLVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery served with 28th Division The Division was formed at Hursley, Pitt Hill and Magdalen hill Camp near Winchester during December 1914 and January 1915, as regular units arrived back in England from garrisons of the Empire. They proceeded to France from Southampton, landing at le Harve between the 16th and 19th of January, they concentrated in the area between Bailleul and Hazebrouck, being joined by additional Territorial units. In 1915 they were in action in The Second Battle of Ypres and The Battle of Loos. On the 19th of October 1915 orders were recieved to prepare to sail and five days later the first units left Marseilles for Alexandria in Egypt all units (with the exception CXLVI and CXLVI Brigades RFA) arrived the by 22nd of November and they went on to Salonika on the 4th of January 1916. Later in the year they were in action during the occupation of Mazirko and the capture of Barakli Jum'a. In 1917 they were involved in the capture of Ferdie and Essex Trenches (near Barakli Jum'a) and left the divsion in August 1917.

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Gnr. Lionel Williscroft 146th Brigade, 75th Battery Royal Field Artillery

Lol Williscroft enlisted at Lichfield recruiting office 64th area. and signed for 6 plus 6 years (his dad was a career soldier) at Athlone on the 14th of January 1915 and joined 75th Battery, 146th Brigade, RFA.
He was posted to 37th Divisional Artillery on the 27th of January 1915 and joined 126th Brigade Ammunition Column. He left Southampton on the 29th of July 1915 and landed at Le Havre the next day. He was invalided from France on the 2nd of March 1916 suffering from chilblains and deafness on the hospital ship Brighton and was admitted to Rawcliffe Hospital in Sheffield.
On the 16th of September he was posted to 4a Reserve Brigade and was kitted out at Woolwich before being posted to the Expeditionary Force on the 19th of October. He disembarked in Salonika on the 30th. He was transferred from 146th Brigade, RFA to 367th Brigade on the 6th of December 1916, He was admitted to hospital in the field as a casualty on the 24th of December 1916 and transferred to 21st Stationery Hospital on the 23rd of March 1917. Having recovered her rejoined 75th Battery, 146th Brigade on the 2nd of April. On the 14th of August 1917 he embarked from Salonika suffering from Malaria on the hospital ship Amia bound for Alexandria in Egypt, where he was admitted to hospital in Mustapha.
Lol qualified as signaller 2 class on the 8th of March 1918 while he was classified grade 3 malaria at Sidi Bash, base depot Kantara. On the 6th of march 1919 he was posted 75th Battery, now part of 263rd Brigade and the unit was selected for the army of occupation. 75th Battery was renamed 413th Battery on the 20th of April 1919. Lol left Port Said on the Caledonia A3772 on the 23rd of June 1919, arriving in Marseille on the 2nd of July. He then travelled through France by train and returned to England. On the 11th of July he was paid £20 at the RGA depot in Blackheath and transferred 5c Reserve Brigade on the 8th of September and was demobbed on the 12th of September 1919. As part of the reserve he was called up "at once" on the 10th of March 1921, but was discharged as medically unfit on the 21st of April.
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